Are you an Employer paying employee’s a fixed salary? There’s only 5 months to go until the new legislation comes in that requires all employees to be provided with itemised payslips. On the 8 February 2018, a new statute was laid before Parliament: The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Itemised Pay Statement) (Amendment) Order 2018. Currently,…

Around 2.3% of the UK work force use zero-hour contracts and this number is rising. Employer’s usually employ people under a zero-hour contract to secure flexible employees when staff levels vary throughout the year. It is useful to use zero-hour contracts where work demands are irregular or there is not a constant demand for…

In March 2014 the then coalition government first launched the Tax-Free Childcare Scheme with an anticipated rollout date of late 2015, however due to a legal challenge the launch was delayed until April 2017. Tax-Free Childcare gives eligible families up to £2,000 free per child towards childcare costs. Due to the new scheme the existing…

You’ve now doubt heard already that The Pension Regulator (TPR) are not only prosecuting employers for none-compliance of auto-enrolment but they have now started to prosecute employers for giving misleading information too. After a whistle-blower prompted TPR to investigate into Crest Healthcare they became the first employers to be prosecuted for knowingly providing false information…

With all businesses now reaching their auto enrolment staging date The Pension Regulator is using its powers to establish employers have fulfilled their Auto Enrolment duties. The watchdog issued 11,156 fixed penalty notices between January and March 2018 – up from 7,435 in the previous quarter which shows how serious they are in enforcing everyones…

I know I have mentioned it previously but I wanted to make sure you knew to inform any clients you have that minimum contributions increase from 06/04/2018 to 3% for employees and 2% for employers. These increases are the new legal minimum payments that all employers are required to apply to their employee’s pensions….

With new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) coming into play in early 2018, it highlights the potential financial and reputational risk now associated with properly protecting valuable employee information. Over 5000 Morrisons employees are suing the high street grocer over a data leak that saw sensitive payroll data information for 100,000 employees posted online. The…

According to the Resolution Foundation, some self-employed workers should be entitled to the minimum wage. The thinking is predominantly aimed towards the self-employed workers who are generally on short term contracts or freelance work, also known as the gig economy. According to the Resolution Foundation, about half of self-employed workers are classed as low paid…

A good working relationship between your business and someone who provides you with some sort of outsourced service is not something that happens overnight. It is the fruit of both your efforts over time to build a long-lasting relationship of trust and understanding. Psychologist Bruce Tuckman made famous the phrase “forming, storming, norming and performing”,…

We all know only too well that payroll can be a difficult animal to tame. In my opinion it is much easier to control payroll with the correct software applied in the correct manner. Software will change and evolve every year as does the regulations and legislation surrounding payroll. Choosing the right software or provider…